CVE-2026-107618
Gitea cross-site request forgery on repository topics
POST /{owner}/{repo}/topics was registered without the sign-in middleware that provides the cross-origin protection, so a request issued by a third-party site was not rejected. A repository administrator who visited a malicious page could have the topics of their repository changed. No other repository settings were reachable through this route.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
8.1
Gitea cross-site request forgery on repository topics
POST /{owner}/{repo}/topics was registered without the sign-in middleware that provides the cross-origin protection, so a request issued by a third-party site was not rejected. A repository administrator who visited a malicious page could have the topics of their repository changed. No other repository settings were reachable through this route.
- Record
CVE-2026-107618- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-103986
8.1
POST /{owner}/{repo}/topics was registered without the sign-in middleware that provides the cross-origin protection, so a request issued by a third-party site was not rejected. A repository administrator who visited a malicious page could have the topics of their repository changed. No other repository settings were reachable through this route.
- Record
EUVD-2026-103986- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
8.1
POST /{owner}/{repo}/topics was registered without the sign-in middleware that provides the cross-origin protection, so a request issued by a third-party site was not rejected. A repository administrator who visited a malicious page could have the topics of their repository changed. No other repository settings were reachable through this route.
- Record
CVE-2026-107618- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
8.1
Gitea cross-site request forgery on repository topics
POST /{owner}/{repo}/topics was registered without the sign-in middleware that provides the cross-origin protection, so a request issued by a third-party site was not rejected. A repository administrator who visited a malicious page could have the topics of their repository changed. No other repository settings were reachable through this route.
- Record
CVE-2026-107618- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-107618 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) in Gitea, published October 18, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.15%, the 4th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-4jmf-h2cm-hg7w
github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39839
github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39847
blog.gitea.com/release-of-28.2.0
github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v28.2.0
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/107xxx/CVE-2026-107618.json
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-107618